Biography
A veteran of Broadcast and Commercial production, George Wolf was described by a colleague as a director who can write, and a writer who can direct, a producer who is genuinely productive.
Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, George Wolf began his career in broadcasting immediately upon finishing his education, moving to New York, where he initially started as a freelance writer of radio scripts, later working as an assistant to Herb Moss.
During World War II, he was assigned as writer and producer of training and documentary films at the Army Signal Corps Photographic Center in Astoria, New York.
After the War, Wolf became a writer/producer in NBC's Radio's press department, where he wrote and produced on a weekly show, "Your Radio Reporter". He also collaborated with Lawrence Bearson on a play titled "The Ivory Tower", which opened and closed in Westport, Connecticut.
In 1947, he left NBC and joined the radio department at Foote, Cone, and Belding Advertising Agency, where he helped organize the agency's first TV department, eventually becoming director of commercial production.
By 1953, Wolf went over to Geyer Inc. as Vice President in charge of radio and television, a department that encompassed programming as well as commercial production. He would then work in a similar position at Ruthrauff & Ryan Inc., after three years, Wolf left and started his own television packaging company, "Providence Productions".
In 1960, he joined Lennen & Newell as supervisor in the TV Department, he was later appointed Vice President in charge of commercial production, and would become senior Vice President.
For four years during the mid-1950's, Wolf wrote a regular column on the creative aspects of commercials for Advertising Agency Magazine.
Additionally, Wolf had also written scripts for several television shows and movies, including a melodrama titled "The Miami Story", starring Lili St. Cyr, John Loder, and Richard Benedict. The film wasn't properly released until 1958 under the title "Josette from New Orleans".
